Bell, thou soundest merrily,
When the bridal party
To the church doth hie!
Bell, thou soundest solemnly,
When, on Sabbath morning,
Fields deserted lie! [ Longfellow ]
The absent party is still faulty. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]
Hear the other party; hear both sides. [ Law Max ]
A peace is of the nature of a conquest;
For then both parties nobly are subdued.
And neither party loser. [ William Shakespeare ]
All free governments are party governments. [ Garfield ]
He hears but half who hears one party only. [ Eschylus ]
He serves his party best who serves his country best. [ R. B. Hayes ]
The love of liberty should outrank the love of party. [ T. Tilton ]
The press should be the voice of the people, not of party. [ James Ellis ]
Disputations leave truth in the middle, and party at both ends. [ Proverb ]
No party should fear to go before the people for their decision. [ Robert Yates ]
I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it. [ Beaconsfield ]
There never was any party, faction, or sect in which the most ignorant was not the most violent. [ Pope ]
Who cries out on pride that can therein tax any private party? Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea? [ William Shakespeare ]
An injury cannot be done to a consenting party, (i.e. if he consents or connives, he cannot complain. [ Law ]
He knows very little of mankind who expects, by facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party-man. [ Lavater ]
In love quarrels, the party that loves the most is always most willing to acknowledge the greater fault. [ Sir Walter Scott ]
What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. [ President Donald J. Trump, Presidential Inaugeration Speech, Jan 20, 2017 ]
It is the habit of party in England to ask the alliance of a man of genius, but to follow the guidance of a man of character. [ Lord John Russell ]
Those who injure one party to benefit another are quite as unjust as if they converted the property of others to their own benefit. [ Cicero ]
Party or Person? Party, a collective noun, meaning a number of persons is often incorrectly used for person; as, He was a very agreeable party.
[ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]
There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead. [ Pope ]
He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons, which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons, which are strong. [ Colton ]
The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit. [ Addison ]
To be a finite being is no crime, and to be the Infinite is not to be a creditor. As man was not consulted he does not find himself a party in a bargain, but a child in the household of love. Reconciliation, therefore, is not the consequence of paying a debt, or procuring atonement for an injury, but an organic process of the human life. [ John Weiss ]
The study of art possesses this great and peculiar charm, that it is absolutely unconnected with the struggles and contests of ordinary life. By private interests, by political questions, men are deeply divided, and set at variance; but beyond and above all such party strifes, they are attracted and united by a taste for the beautiful in art. [ Guizot ]